Since coming to power in September 2022, the leader of Burkina Faso’s military government, Ibrahim Traore, has attracted attention all over the world. In this talk, Josh Holroyd discuses what has been achieved in Burkina Faso since Traore came to power, and the way forward for the fight against imperialism in West Africa.

Corrupt FIFA boss Gianna Infantino has been forced to U-turn on his attempts to further commercialise football, following backlash from continental federations. But their protests ring hollow: at every level, the sport is being carved up for profit, while ordinary fans are squeezed.

Across the Indian subcontinent, workers and youth are entering into struggle, as the latest expression of the ‘Gen Z’ revolutionary wave. The conditions which led to these explosions – corruption, youth unemployment, and misery – exist all across the world, including here in Britain.